Allied Warships

HMS Brocklesby (L 42)

Escort destroyer of the Hunt (Type II) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeEscort destroyer
ClassHunt (Type II) 
PennantL 42 
Built byCammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down18 Nov 1939 
Launched30 Sep 1940 
Commissioned9 May 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Arrived at Faslane to be scrapped on 28 October 1968.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. George Pepys Huddart, RN
17 January 1941 – 12 January 1942

Lt. Michael Neville Tufnell, DSC, RN
12 January 1942 – 17 April 1942

Lt.Cdr. Edward Nigel Pumphrey, DSO, DSC, RN
17 April 1942 – 25 August 1942

Lt.Cdr. George Blackler, RN
25 August 1942 – June 1943

Lt. Kenneth Rupert Simpson Leadley, RN
June 1943 – 27 December 1944
Promoted to Lt.Cdr. on 1 October 1944

Lt. A.C.B. Bromfield, DSC, RN
27 December 1944 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Brocklesby (L 42)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. George Pepys Huddart, RN17 Jan 194112 Jan 1942
2Lt. Michael Neville Tufnell, DSC, RN12 Jan 194217 Apr 1942
3Lt.Cdr. Edward Nigel Pumphrey, DSC, DSO, RN17 Apr 194225 Aug 1942
4Lt.Cdr. George Blackler, RN25 Aug 1942Jun 1943
5Lt. Kenneth Rupert Simpson Leadlay, RNJun 194327 Dec 1944
6Lt. Anthony Constantine Barrington Blomfield, DSC, RN27 Dec 1944Oct 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Brocklesby include:


12 Dec 1942
The British destroyers HMS Whitshed, HMS Worcester and HMS Vesper, the British escort destroyers HMS Brocklesby and HMS Albrighton, and the Norwegian escort destroyer Eskdale attacked German shipping in the English Channel. Eskdale torpedoed and sank Sperrbrecher 144/Beijerland (387 BRT) west of Le Treport, France in position 50º05'N, 01º09'E and Whitshed torpedoed and sank Sperrbecher 178/Gauss (1236 BRT) north-east of Dieppe, France in position 50º04'N, 01º09'E.

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